Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20220321

Today is a beautiful day, because “For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.” (1 John 5:4 ESV) Faith #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20220320

Today is a beautiful day, because we are called to glory and excellence, “For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.” (2 Peter 1:5-7…

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Prayer for Today

Lord, I want to represent you well. Holy Spirit, give me the words to say, the love to share, and the boldness to walk in faith and purity. I cannot do it without your help. I ask humbly and with reverence for who you are, Lord, in your name above all names, in your authority…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20220317

Today is a beautiful day, because, “Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ: To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.”…

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Prayer for Today

Holy Spirit, keep me focused only on Jesus. Convict me when I move too close to your hedge of protection. Prick me with the thorns of the hedge to alert me to dangers and move me back to the center of God’s will and purpose for my life. I hope only in the promise of…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20220316

Today is a beautiful day, because “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.” (1 Peter 5:8-9 ESV) Faith #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Prayer for Today

Father God, this morning’s verse is about food, but it gives me pause to evaluate my own standing with you. I was made in your image as part of a fallen world, but you made a way through Jesus to establish me as a new creation clothed in the white robes of righteousness. My gratitude…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20220315

Today is a beautiful day, because “He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.” (1…

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Prayer for Today

Holy Spirit, keep our feet rooted in God’s Holy Word and our faith growing by the nourishing light of the Son. I pray in the precious name and powerful authority of Jesus the Christ, according to the good and perfect will of the Father. Amen. “Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20220314

Today is a beautiful day, because “Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.” (1 Peter 1:8-9 ESV) Faith #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday